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Luke Thompson
Leaf-Chronicle

Injuries and a brutal schedule made it impossible to hide some glaring talent deficiencies during a rough first season for Austin Peay's new football coach.

Kirby Cannon said the Govs never found an offensive identity and simply didn't have the depth to make up for significant personnel losses, especially at the line of scrimmage. Three FBS teams and two FCS opponents who finished in the top 23 of the Coaches Poll made up the first six games, giving little opportunity for wins even before some of the worst injuries hit.

"The only teams I thought physically that we really matched up with were ...